Bill Clinton Quotes

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

We have a very old saying in our household: 'Inspect what you expect.' You hold people accountable, and I use my business background for finding the most efficient and effective solutions to deliver the result we're looking for.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

What gets measured, gets done.

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

The 6 Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

For too long the federal government has measured quantity, not quality: What it puts in rather than what it gets out.

The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

I feel many times we do all the hard work, but in the absence of smart work, we do not get the desired results.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

We're reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

You don't reward reaction; you reward results.

Give me the best ideas. Forget about the politics. I’ll worry about that after we know what the best program is.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

Vision without execution is delusion.